Memorizing and reading English vocabulary from the English textbooks assist students to recall them with precision and accuracy. In this, the more a student practices how to count, memorize, and learn through reading, the greater the effect of retaining much of what they learn in a class. To bring out the concept of the ABC’s in children’s development, the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was drafted to serve the needs of young beginners. The book’s focus on ABC is depicted in a fun and simple manner to teach children subconsciously. The constant repetition and rhymes throughout the text make it seem like a song to the reader, further entertaining the children. These rhymes help the children to memorize the ABC’s as they read the story. The book utilizes very creative skills to introduce these letters in the alphabet by climbing a symbolic coconut tree (Martin et al 10).
Furthermore, Martin et al. use repetitiveness by allowing the letters to fall from the tree once they have all been introduced to re-introduce them again. In this way, the children’s memorization is enhanced by this method. The author chooses to utilize colorful and bright pictures to improve the atmosphere and elaborate on the fun. The story creates fun for the children because of the clarity of the photographs and their relation to the text (Martin et al 30).
The other book that is very useful to the children’s literary development is The Poky Little Puppy. The book is a counting genre text that is meant to assist children to develop their counting skills. The repetitiveness utilized by the author is an effort to make sure that the children master the concept of counting. In this case, this is because the author makes the children count the characters in the story many times without consciously knowing the effect of this practice. The main character in the story, the Poky Little Puppy, is missing when others are counting themselves. Regardless of the storyline and the moral lessons learned in this story, the children have to learn the art of counting up to five (Lowrey et al 9-15). The author ensures that the rhythms, creativity, attractiveness, and the playfulness in the story keep the readers entertained as they read the tale of the five siblings.
The wordless story in this book is effective as it can be. More or less, the observer can learn and understand the storyline depicted by the pictures (DePaola 28). DePaola can ensure that the learners use their observation skills to understand the story in this book (DePaola 6). He uses clear and concise pictures to explain the predicament of both the hunter and the animals that he hunts on. Moreover, the author can utilize the same pictures to disguise the animals that the hunter is looking for in such a way that they are camouflaged from his sight (DePaola 8). The pictures are so simple and clear in this book, yet they contain so much detail. The children can see the progression of the story through simple illustrations yet in detail. Furthermore, the author uses facial expressions to explain feelings in the story. The book is full of charm and humor.
Works Cited
DePaola, Tomie. The hunter and the animals: a wordless picture book. New York: Holiday House, 1981. Print.
Lowrey, Janette Sebring, and Gustaf Tenggren. The poky little puppy. New York: Golden Book, 1997. Print.
Martin, Bill, John Archambault, and Lois Ehlert. Chicka chicka boom boom. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1989. Print.